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1. A gold watch found on cinder whore

First Line:: A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:: Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 2931

2. A manly wit a child's simplicity

First Line:: A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:: Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 16357

3. A perfect judge will read each work of wit

First Line:: A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:: Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29633

4. A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

First Line:: A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:: At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7403

5. A soul as full of worth as void of pride

First Line:: A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:: If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26108

6. All are but parts of one stupendous whole

First Line:: All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:: He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29843

7. Absent or dead still let a friend be dear

First Line:: Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:: A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34575

8. Adam had fallen twice if for an apple

First Line:: Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:: The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 9690

9. Ah Serenissa from our arms

First Line:: Ah Serenissa from our arms
Last Line:: You are not now invincible
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8241

10. A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod

First Line:: A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:: Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30028

11. Along their face

First Line:: Along their face
Last Line:: And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12898

12. And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed

First Line:: And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:: And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8258

13. Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes

First Line:: Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
Last Line:: And close confined in their own palace sleep
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1357

14. As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign

First Line:: As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
Last Line:: But Serenissa must becalm the breast
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8238

15. Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence

First Line:: Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
Last Line:: Grow gentle tractable and tame as geese
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1358

16. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:: As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:: To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 32850

17. As she was once few of her sex you'll see

First Line:: As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:: To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 11312

18. As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth

First Line:: As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:: Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:: 12336

19. At length my friend while time with still career

First Line:: At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:: The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13060

20. Authors are judged by strange capricious rules

First Line:: Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
Last Line:: Let him that takes it wear it as his own
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1971

21. Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things

First Line:: Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
Last Line:: One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12321

22. Awake my St John leave all meaner things

First Line:: Awake my St John leave all meaner things
Last Line:: One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26668

23. Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn

First Line:: Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:: And such are men and gods compared to Jove
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 34087

24. Behold ambitious of the British bays

First Line:: Behold ambitious of the British bays
Last Line:: For Duck can thresh you know as well as write
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 2956

25. Behold the woes of matrimonial life

First Line:: Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:: And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8384

26. Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites

First Line:: Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
Last Line:: The walls the woods and long canals reply
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 11780

27. But all our praises why should lords engross

First Line:: But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:: The wretch who living saved a candle's end
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 31858

28. But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds

First Line:: But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
Last Line:: An easy entrance in ignoble minds
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30887

29. But what are these to great Atossa's mind

First Line:: But what are these to great Atossa's mind
Last Line:: Or wanders heaven directed to the poor
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 19535

30. But where each science lifts its modern type

First Line:: But where each science lifts its modern type
Last Line:: In Toland's Tindal's and in Woolston's days
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 2995

31. Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe

First Line:: Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe
Last Line:: Give all thou canst and let me dream the rest
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1377

32. Close to her husband Frances joined once more

First Line:: Close to her husband Frances joined once more
Last Line:: Will raise three bodies from this dust alone
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 2914

33. Close to the best known author Umbra sits

First Line:: Close to the best known author Umbra sits
Last Line:: Know sense like charity begins at home
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1973

34. Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

First Line:: Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
Last Line:: And pities Procris while her lover dies
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7402

35. Delightful favourite of the tuneful nine

First Line:: Delightful favourite of the tuneful nine
Last Line:: The Stygian wave had covered all the godlike boy
Author:: Edward Cobden (Absolute)
DMI number:: 3205

36. Envy will merit as its shade persue

First Line:: Envy will merit as its shade persue
Last Line:: Reflect new glories and augment the day
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1369

37. Envy will merit as its shade pursue

First Line:: Envy will merit as its shade pursue
Last Line:: The opposing body's grossness not its own
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29808

38. Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend

First Line:: Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend
Last Line:: The murderous critic has avenged thy murder
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 3047

39. Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride

First Line:: Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
Last Line:: And patriots still or poets deck the line
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17790

40. Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks

First Line:: Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks
Last Line:: Bursts out resistless with a thundering tide
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30882

41. Far in a wild unknown to public view

First Line:: Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:: And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:: Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12340

42. Fair charmer cease nor add your tuneful breath

First Line:: Fair charmer cease nor add your tuneful breath
Last Line:: This vocal wood had drawn the poet too
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8239

43. For never was it given to mortal man

First Line:: For never was it given to mortal man
Last Line:: And call your maids to witness how he lies
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1359

44. Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray

First Line:: Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray
Last Line:: And die of nothing but a rage to live
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30966

45. Go wondrous mount where science guides

First Line:: Go wondrous mount where science guides
Last Line:: Then drop into thyself and be a fool
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 35214

46. Go fair example of untainted youth

First Line:: Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:: 'Tis also a father all a friend can give
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 2932

47. Go fair example of untainted youth

First Line:: Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:: Tis all a father all a friend can give
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 185

48. Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase

First Line:: Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
Last Line:: And choirs of virgins celebrate thy praise
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 13061

49. Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard

First Line:: Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
Last Line:: Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:: 13373

50. Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard

First Line:: Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
Last Line:: Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:: 1970

51. Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before

First Line:: Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
Last Line:: And make one glorious and immortal Thames
Author:: Francis Knapp (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12242

52. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid

First Line:: Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
Last Line:: And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1374

53. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

First Line:: Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:: And now a bubble burst and now a world
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 27021

54. Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace

First Line:: Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace
Last Line:: Or curtain lectures made a restless night
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1360

55. Hector this heard returned without delay

First Line:: Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:: No father's aid no mother's tender care
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12902

56. Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise

First Line:: Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise
Last Line:: And the world's victor stood subdued by sound
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30485

57. Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good

First Line:: Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good
Last Line:: Who thinks all made for one not one for all
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29842

58. He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue

First Line:: He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue
Last Line:: And in tumultuous raptures died away
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1370

59. He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides

First Line:: He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
Last Line:: To him reveal my joys and open all my skies
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 8279

60. Hence let us go why waste we time in vain

First Line:: Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
Last Line:: Who honour worth and prize thy valour most
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12917

61. Here rests a woman good without pretence

First Line:: Here rests a woman good without pretence
Last Line:: The saint sustained it but the woman died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 170

62. Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil

First Line:: Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
Last Line:: The rest god knows perhaps the devil
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:: 13473

63. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose

First Line:: Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose
Last Line:: Look on her face and you will forget them all
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1371

64. Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd

First Line:: Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
Last Line:: And now she's in the other she thinks it but queer
Author:: Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:: 13476

65. How finished with illustrious toil appears

First Line:: How finished with illustrious toil appears
Last Line:: And soft Belinda's blush forever glow
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22476

66. Horses my friend and asses men may try

First Line:: Horses my friend and asses men may try
Last Line:: And all the woman glares in open day
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1356

67. His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee

First Line:: His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee
Last Line:: Want with a full or with an empty purse
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 16362

68. How happy is the blameless vestal's lot

First Line:: How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
Last Line:: And melts in visions of eternal day
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1380

69. Here then we rest the universal cause

First Line:: Here then we rest the universal cause
Last Line:: And bade self love and social be the same
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 26669

70. Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind

First Line:: Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind
Last Line:: The last true Briton lies beneath this stone
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 17791

71. How quaint an appetite in women reigns

First Line:: How quaint an appetite in women reigns
Last Line:: A glutted market makes provision cheap
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1362

72. I am the prince's dog at Kew

First Line:: I am the prince's dog at Kew
Last Line:: Pray tell me sir whose dog are you
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 25859

73. I give and devise old Euclio said

First Line:: I give and devise old Euclio said
Last Line:: Not that I cannot part with that and died
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22417

74. In these deep solitudes and awful cells

First Line:: In these deep solitudes and awful cells
Last Line:: He best can paint em who shall feel em most
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7406

75. In genial spring beneath the quivering shade

First Line:: In genial spring beneath the quivering shade
Last Line:: And pikes the tyrants of the watery plains
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 29832

76. In merry old England it once was a rule

First Line:: In merry old England it once was a rule
Last Line:: That Cibber can serve for both fool and for poet
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 2756

77. Is there a parson much bemused in beer

First Line:: Is there a parson much bemused in beer
Last Line:: And curses wit and poetry and Pope
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 22468

78. In vain you boast poetic names of yore

First Line:: In vain you boast poetic names of yore
Last Line:: And shines himself till they are seen no more
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 20449

79. In Yorkshire dwelt a sober yeoman

First Line:: In Yorkshire dwelt a sober yeoman
Last Line:: Nor like your capons serve your cocks
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1958

80. Jove called before him the other day

First Line:: Jove called before him the other day
Last Line:: To the great name of Tom Durfy
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1969

81. Lo the poor Indian whose untutored mind

First Line:: Lo the poor Indian whose untutored mind
Last Line:: His faithful dog shall bear him company
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30087

82. Little girl in swadling clothes

First Line:: Little girl in swadling clothes
Last Line:: Give the poet half a crown
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 1818

83. Love free as air at sight of human ties

First Line:: Love free as air at sight of human ties
Last Line:: And each warm wish springs from the heart
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1375

84. My son the instruction that my words impart

First Line:: My son the instruction that my words impart
Last Line:: And fall where many mightier have been slain
Author:: James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:: 7436

85. Muse at that name thy sacred sorrows shed

First Line:: Muse at that name thy sacred sorrows shed
Last Line:: Then view this marble and be vain no more
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1364

86. Moore always smiles whenever he recites

First Line:: Moore always smiles whenever he recites
Last Line:: A modest man may like what's not his own
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 2764

87. I sing the nation's praise while here I boast

First Line:: I sing the nation's praise while here I boast
Last Line:: And tell him I was his platonic love
DMI number:: 15325

88. If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet

First Line:: If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet
Last Line:: Who would not weep if Addison were he
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 10553

89. If ever my humble muse melodious sings

First Line:: If ever my humble muse melodious sings
Last Line:: And what the god inspired the priestess spoke
Author:: William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:: 7319

90. If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill

First Line:: If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill
Last Line:: Who would not weep if A---n were he
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 3050

91. If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill

First Line:: If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill
Last Line:: Who would not weep if A--n were he
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 1974

92. If none must be admired but poets born

First Line:: If none must be admired but poets born
Last Line:: These should be pumped ducked pilloried pissed and shit on
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:: 2751

93. Let all mankind this certain maxim hold

First Line:: Let all mankind this certain maxim hold
Last Line:: And heave and pant and kiss and cling for gold
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1361

94. Let envy howl while heaven's whole chorus wings

First Line:: Let envy howl while heaven's whole chorus wings
Last Line:: Sweet to the world and grateful to the skies
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30932

95. Know then thyself presume not god to scan

First Line:: Know then thyself presume not god to scan
Last Line:: Tis this though man's a fool yet god is wise
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12322

96. Learn dullness learn the universal cause

First Line:: Learn dullness learn the universal cause
Last Line:: And bade self love and social be the same
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 12323

97. Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore

First Line:: Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore
Last Line:: And find divulged the secrets they would hide
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1363

98. Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes

First Line:: Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes
Last Line:: And kings have been your ancestors in vain
Author:: Alexander Pope (Speculation) & Richardson Pack (Confident)
DMI number:: 7437

99. Nor think in nature's state they blindly trod

First Line:: Nor think in nature's state they blindly trod
Last Line:: And turned on man a fiercer savage man
Author:: Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:: 30489

100. No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows

First Line:: No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows
Last Line:: And maids turned bottles cry aloud for corks
Author:: Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:: 1382